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According to the two-yearly study, Belgium scores best on speed, cost and conditions for obtaining a work permit for higher educated people, compared with the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and France.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: highly skilled workers, residence permit
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Public Policy Exchange, in association with the Centre for Parliamentary Studies organises in Brussels their third symposium on the subject under the title "Integrating the European Knowledge
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
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The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) organizes a two-day symposium on key policy issues of the common European border security
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: arab spring, border control, border security, Frontex
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EU Anti-Trafficking Day has been held on 18 October for the last five years. This year’s event is jointly organised by the Polish EU Presidency, the European Commission, The EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and seven EU Agencies.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
Keywords: anti-trafficking day
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This seminar organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Brussels, focusses on highskilled employers migration waves of third countries.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: circular migration, EU blue card, highly skilled workers
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: International Protection, Data & Statistics
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum decisions
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ECRE has published a detailed legal analysis of the key provisions of the Amended Commission's proposal to recast the Asylum Procedures Directive published on 1 June 2011.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: EU directive
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The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is organising a meeting "Towards a More Comprehensive Common European Asylum System: The Role of EASO". It will be held in Brussels on 14th September and Dr. Robert Visser, EASO Executive Director, will be the main speaker
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: EASO
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The Netherlands EMN NCP now also has it's own website: www.emnnetherlands.nl
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Main theme: Migration
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: asylum applications
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The Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN) released its newest quarterly report, covering January - March 2011
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Main theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking, External Dimension
Keywords: border control, Frontex, Lampedusa
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Migrants from third countries represent around four percent of the total EU population. The
composition of EU's population is thus changing. This leads to new conditions for social cohesion and government response to public concerns.
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Main theme: Integration
Keywords: Immigrant integration, Social cohesion
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EU leaders on 24 June agreed to establish a "safeguard mechanism" allowing the re-introduction of internal borders in exceptional circumstances
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Main theme: Migration, Borders & Visa
Keywords: EU Council, Schengen Agreement
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EMN Conference Come Stay Go - Schengen Luxembourg Europe to be held in Luxembourg City on 27 and 28 September 2011
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Main theme: Migration, Borders & Visa
Keywords: Luxembourg, Schengen Agreement
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This week 25 refugees from Eritrea and Congo, who got into a deadlock in Libya, arrived in Belgium.
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Main theme: International Protection, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: Libya, resettlement, UNHCR
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The University Centre Sint-Ignatius Antwerp (UCSIA) organizes a lecture- and debate-evening in cooperation with the University of Antwerp.
Lectures and discussion will be held in English.
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Main theme: Migration
Keywords: detention, EU Migration Policy
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Every month, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons publishes a document containing the statistics on the asylum applications and the decisions taken.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection
Keywords: asylum applications, asylum statistics
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EuropeAid Info Point organizes a lunch-time conference on ‘Preventing and prosecuting trafficking for labour exploitation’ on Thursday, 7 July 2011, at 12.30 p.m. at the External Cooperation Info Point, rue de la Loi 43, Ground floor.
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Main theme: Smuggling & Trafficking
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The Belgian Immigration Office started the SEFOR Project, which aims at ensuring the follow-up of the migrants having received an order to leave the territory, if they are effectively returning to their country of origin, voluntarily or not (SEFOR meaning "Sensibilisation, Follow-up, Return)
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Main theme: Return & Readmission
Keywords: voluntary return
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The Statistical Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has developed an inventory of information sources and institutions dealing with migration issues. Called migratory, this inventory identifies over 1800 sources located in the UNECE region.
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Main theme: Migration, Data & Statistics
Keywords: migration statistics, UNECE
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2nd Norwegian EMN Conference, organized by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice, the Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and the Institute for Social Research (ISF)
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Main theme: Irregular Migration
Keywords: regularization
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The European Council has launched its virtual Resource Centre on Free Movement & Migration
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: EU Migration Policy
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The event took place on April 27, 2011 at the Centre. Representatives of the academic world, government, administration and NGO's discussed with the Belgian EMN NCP the future development of the national migration network.
